# List of Old Bristolians

The following are some notable "Old Bristolians", alumni of Bristol Grammar School in England.

## 17th century

* Robert Huntington (c.1637–1701), Provost of Trinity College, Dublin and orientalist

## 18th century

* Alexander Catcott (1725–1779), geologist and theologian
* Sir John Coxe Hippisley (1745–1825), politician
* William Gregor (1761–1817), mineralogist, discoverer of titanium
* Jonathan Sewell (c.1766–1839), Chief Justice and Speaker of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada, 1808–1839, and President of the Executive Council of Lower Canada, 1808–1830
* Stephen Sewell (1770–1832), lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada
* John Tobin (1770–1804), dramatist
* Samuel Daniel Broughton (1787–1837), military surgeon
* Thomas Edward Bowdich (c.1791–1824), writer and African explorer

## 19th century

* Thomas William Allies (1813–1903), theologian
* Charles Kingsley (1819–1875), novelist
* John Norton (1823–1904), architect
* Robert Drew Hicks (1850–1929), classicist
* Charles Whibley (1859–1930), journalist and author
* Thomas Horrocks Openshaw (1856–1929), surgeon
* William Lane (1861–1917), journalist and pioneer of the Australian labour movement
* Leonard Whibley (1863–1941), classicist
* Sir Llewellyn Smith (1864–1945), Permanent Secretary of the Board of Trade, 1907–1919, and Chief Economic Adviser to the Government, 1919–1927
* Leonard Raven-Hill (1867–1942), illustrator and cartoonist
* Sir John Herbert Parsons FRS (1868–1957), ophthalmologist and physiologist
* Robert Chambers (1802–1871), philanthropist and peace activist
* Roland Allen (1868–1947), missionary in China
* Cyril Bradley Rootham (1875–1938), classicist and musician
* Frederick William Lumsden (1872–1918), Royal Marines Brigadier General, VC, CB and DSO & Three bars
* Sir Cyril Norwood (1875–1956) classicist and Politician
* Sir Douglas Veale (1891–1973), Registrar of the University of Oxford, 1930–1958

## 20th century

* Sir Allen Lane (1902–1970), founder of Penguin Books
* Douglas Cleverdon (1903–1987), bookseller and BBC Radio producer
* Sarah Crew, Chief Constable in Bristol & Somerset from 2021.
* Sir Ivor Jennings (1903–1965), Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge, 1962–1965
* Paul Drury (1903–1987), artist
* Oliver Franks, Baron Franks (1905–1992), philosopher, diplomat and civil servant
* Sir Richard Sheppard (1910–1982), architect
* Douglas Russell Feaver (1914–1987), Bishop of Peterborough
* John Cosh (1915–2005), rheumatologist
* Geoffrey Keen (1916–2005), actor
* Sir John Pople (1925–2004), Mathematician, Theoretical chemist and Nobel Laureate
* Peter Nichols (born 1927), writer
* Peter Mathias (1928–2016), economic historian
* Robert MacEwen (1928–2013), Scotland international rugby union player
* Richard Lynn (born 1930), psychologist
* Philip French (1933–2015), film critic and radio producer
* Timothy West (born 1934), actor
* Glen Dudbridge (1935–2017), sinologist
* Robin Cormack (born 1935), academic
* Julian Glover (born 1935), actor
* David Prowse (born 1935), actor
* Victor Watts (born 1938), academic
* Keith Robbins (born 1940), historian and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter
* Fred Wedlock (1942–2010), folk singer, humorist and actor.
* T.J. Clark (born 1943), historian
* Nick Brimble (born 1944), actor
* Robert Lacey (born 1944), historian and biographer
* Sir Nicholas Wright (born 1945), professor of medicine
* Jeremy Treglown (born 1946), biographer and literary critic
* Andrew Dalby (born 1947), food writer
* Clive Ponting (born 1947), former civil servant and historian.
* David Nutt (born 1951), neuropsychopharmacologist
* Sir Andrew Cash (born 1955), Chief Executive of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
* Timothy Holroyde (born 1955), English Court of Appeal judge
* Jeremy Sheehy (born 1956), Anglican priest and academic
* Andy Harrison (born 1957), business executive and former CEO of The RAC, easyJet and Whitbread
* Shaun Woodward (born 1958), politician, former Labour Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
* Graham Tomlin (born 1958), Bishop of Kensington
* Nick Sheppard (born 1960), guitarist
* Jeremy Northam (born 1961), actor
* Tim Hayward (born 1963), food writer, broadcaster and restaurateur
* John Lennard (born 1964), academic
* Rabinder Singh KC (born 1964), first Sikh High Court judge
* Janet Henry (born 1969), economist, currently Global Chief Economist at HSBC
* Richard Gould (born 1970), chief executive of Surrey County Cricket Club
* Neil Garrett (born 1975), journalist
* Michelle Goodman (born 1976), RAF Officer, first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross
* Shrien Dewani (born 1979), arrested on suspicion of conspiring to murder
* Simon Case (born 1978), civil servant
* Sean Marsden (born 1980), professional rugby player
* Mark Watson (born 1980), comedian
* Alexander Betts (born 1980), academic
* Chris Skidmore (born 1981), Conservative MP
* James Kenber (born 1986), fencer
* Michael Coady (born 1987), professional rugby league player
* Tuppence Middleton (born 1987), actress
* Marcus Hamblett (born 1987), musician
* William Tavaré (born 1990), professional cricketer
* Emily Diamond (born 1991), track and field athlete
* Jordan Waller (born 1992), actor
* Katie Swan (born 1999), professional tennis player